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September 21, 2001
Employee Appreciation Day will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 26, with the main event taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum. Again this year there will be food, fun, prizes and entertainment. Chancellor Marye Anne Fox will welcome attendees at 11:45 a.m., and will serve pizza from noon to 12:30 p.m. Entertainment will include a live DJ on the Talley courtyard, NC State Jazz Band, New Horizons Choir, NC State Cloggers, and Pipes and Drums. Bingo games will be held on the breezeway outside the Talley Student Center, and other games will take place on the courtyard. New this year will be a two-mile fun run and one-mile fitness walk at Derr Track. Registration for the fun run will be held at 8:30 a.m., with the run beginning at 9 a.m. Registration for the fitness walk will take place at 9:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. Both events are open to all faculty and staff. The annual benefits fair will be held in conjunction with Appreciation Day. Benefits vendors and counselors will be on hand to answer questions and discuss concerns about the state employee plan. For updates on Employee Appreciation Day, visit the Web site at www2.acs.ncsu.edu/hr/empappday.html.
A temporary freeze on orders requiring BellSouth services began Friday, Sept. 14, at noon and will continue through Oct. 14. These orders include new services, disconnect of services, moves from one building to another building and any feature changes. BellSouth will be converting the campus to a new telephone centrex system. Please call Customer Service Operations at 515-7099 (option 3) if you have any questions. Also, BellSouth announced earlier this year that it will convert all local phone service to require 10-digit dialing (area code plus phone number) effective Feb. 6, 2002. As of Aug. 1, 2001, all BellSouth customers in the 919 area code may dial seven or 10 digits to make a local phone call. Effective Feb. 6, 2002, all customers will be required to use 10-digit dialing to complete local calls. The implementation of 10-digit dialing will allow North Carolina to accommodate the increasing growth and requirement of more telephone numbers for new residences, fax machines, cellular phones, pagers, etc. North Carolina is adding a new area code for the 919 area code region. The new area code is 984 and will be assigned to new telephone numbers added within the 919/984 region after March 6, 2002. The 919 and 984 area code will co-exist for this region. Members of the NC State community will not have to change their present telephone numbers. The university has reserved all telephone numbers beginning with (area code 919) extensions 512, 513, and 515, so the new 984 area code will not affect campus telephone numbers. On-campus calling will not be affected by the 10-digit dialing requirement. If you are currently using five-digit dialing, you will be able to continue doing so. However if you are calling off campus you will be required to dial "9" for an outside line and then the area code and number. You will not need to dial “1” before the area code when placing a local call. In preparation for the change to 10-digit dialing, make sure all printed materials include your area code. Also, reprogram any equipment that stores local off-campus telephone numbers for services such as speed calling, call forwarding, etc. Reprogram fax machines, modems, internet connections, wireless phones, or any equipment with automatic dial features.
It is now time to begin the annual process of recognizing and rewarding high-quality teaching at NC State. Faculty, staff, students and alumni may nominate faculty demonstrating excellence in teaching for the Outstanding Teacher Award, the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award or the Board of Governors' Award for Excellence in Teaching. Additional information on university teaching awards, eligibility, criteria and nomination forms can be obtained by visiting www.ncsu.edu/provost/teacher_awards, or contacting either Judy Peel at judy_peel@ncsu.edu or 513-0206, or Samara Fleming at samara_fleming@ncsu.edu or 515-9768. Nominations must be received by Oct. 31, 2001.
All state employees are invited to attend N.C. Green 2001, scheduled for Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The theme of this year’s event will be "Steps to Sustainability in State Government." The event will be held at the Halifax Mall, located between the Legislative and Archdale buildings in downtown Raleigh. Dozens of displays, demonstration projects, hands-on exhibits and concurrent workshops will be available to visitors. A scavenger hunt, refreshments and entertainment will also be part of the event. Learn what state agencies are doing about environmental sustainability and how you can make a difference in your daily work activities. For more information, visit the Web at www.sustainablenc.org.
Jackie Crutchfield from Facilities Operations has been approved for participation in the Shared Leave Program. Those wishing to donate leave should complete Form SL-2, Authorization to Donate Leave, and forward it to Salary Administration, Box 7210. Donations must be received on or before Oct. 8. For more information, please contact Judy Harvey at 5-7929 or judy_harvey@ncsu.edu.
New Student Orientation has announced the dates for the 2002 first-year student orientation sessions. The dates and college listings are as follows:
For additional information, contact New Student Orientation at 515-1234.
The Intramural-Recreational Sports department has a number of activities available to employees this fall.
Carmichael Gym is open for employee use at the following times: Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 9 p.m. The pool hours are: Monday-Thursday, 6:15 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 6:15 to 8:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, 1:15 to 6:45 p.m. To register for these activities or for more information, stop by the IM-Rec office in 1000 Carmichael Gymnasium, call 515-3161 or visit on the Web at www.ncsu.edu/imrec.
Applications from faculty members of senior colleges and universities in North Carolina for research grants under the Water Resources Research Institute’s Program for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 will be accepted until Oct. 5. No exceptions will be made to this cutoff date. All applicants will be notified of the review and evaluation process by Feb. 15, 2002. The anticipated start date for projects funded by the institute is March 1, 2002, but some projects may be initiated as late as July 1, 2002. Institute grants must be completed within a 12-month period. One 12-month renewal may be granted, but applications for renewal grants will be evaluated in the same manner as proposals for new projects. Additional information and copies of instructions for preparation of proposals can be obtained from the institute by calling 5-2815, writing the Office of the Director, WRRI, Campus Box 7912, or visiting www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/WRRI.
Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), a student-run nonprofit organization, will hold its fall plant sale on Sept. 22 and 23 to raise funds for charity, scholarships and various campus activities. For more than 20 years, PAX has specialized in providing hard-to-find ornamental shrubs, vines and perennials from local and out-of-state growers. The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum, 4301 Beryl Road. For more information, including a list of available plants, please visit the Web at www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/pialphaxi/sale.html or call 515-3178.
Nettie Washington Douglass is indeed the descendant of two great Americans. Her legendary lineage links are to Abolitionist Frederick Douglass who is her great, great grand-father and to Founder of Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington, her great grand-father. Douglass will conduct history lessons for a group of Kyran Anderson Academy pre-collegiate students Friday, September 28 when she visits NC State at the invitation of Multicultural Affairs Director Dr. Wandra P. Hill. NC State students and faculty who are interested in learning more about Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass as presented from a "personal perspective" may join Kyran Anderson Academy in the Witherspoon Cinema at 9 a.m. Sept. 28. Douglass will engage the audience in anticipatory information about her grandfathers from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
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